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By Don Dingee
We need silicon, not just shovels
ready to become more intelligent. Every second, all electricity generated has to be consumed or it is lost in the system. A
smart grid could not only tie all producers to all consumers (and
even all devices used by those consumers) and exactly measure
demand, but it could also forecast and control demand to match
supply much more precisely and efficiently, saving money and
resources.
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Some public relations type came up with the term “shovel-ready”
to draw the image that construction projects are ready to start immediately. We all want our money to go right to work. I’m not
against that at all. But it’s simply not enough.
Our competitive advantage isn’t construction. I don’t want to
minimize the importance of construction and the planning and
talent that go into it. Done right, wonderful things can be built.
Done wrong, structures can fail and cause damage and even loss
of life. Construction is not trivial, and it is necessary. I don’t
think there will be much argument about the United States needing new roads, bridges, public transportation, water and waste
management, and other infrastructure projects that are essential
to our future.
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But in a global economy, construction isn’t something that only
we can do. There are lots of firms worldwide that can muster the
planning, equipment, muscle, and project management that can
build anything. In fact, there are some things that are too easy to
build. I drive down the street here in Arizona, and there are more
new construction projects for shopping and light industrial buildings than ever, right next to vacant buildings. It really doesn’t
seem like the best use of resources, but economics cause funny
things to happen.
If change is what we want
We hear so much about change these days. Here’s one change
that needs to happen: It’s about time economics cause something
more meaningful to be built – a better way to connect people
with information. Connecting things, sharing information, and
freeing people to be more creative and innovative will make for a
competitive advantage in the future, and the firms and countries
that seize this opportunity during this downturn will come out
ahead.
I’m not talking about trivial fads, like creating a potted plant that
can call for water over Twitter or anything else that just blasts out
info because it can. I’m talking about really connecting things in
a way that improves efficiency, saves money and resources, and
enhances our quality of life.
For instance, our electrical power grid is a massive opportunity
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Creating a truly smart grid doesn’t seem as elegant as, say, building a bridge. We send 10,000 construction workers out, a couple
years later we have a bridge, and everyone thinks that’s cool.
We send 10,000 electrical workers out to install smart meters in
homes and businesses, a couple years later we have 4 million
connected electrical consumers in a region, and everyone wonders what really happened. It’s a long-term investment with incremental return that has to be aggregated over millions of users.
Now extend that idea to not just the electrical grid, but every
device consuming resources: cars, offices, machine tools, potted plants, whatever. Knowing how much of a certain resource
is needed at an exact spot at a given time will save money and
resources in the long run.
Then silicon is what we need
To do this, we need so much more than just shovels – we need
silicon and software. Embedding intelligence into our devices
will not only create exciting new jobs, but will also create lasting
change and help safeguard jobs in the future.
We’ve got some intelligent ideas inside this issue, with looks at
motor control from Freescale Semiconductor and Altera, software ideas from the OPC Training Institute and QNX Software
Systems, our usual Editor’s Choice selections, and a wide range
of offerings from many featured companies in our Resource
Guide section.
If you have ideas or things you’d like to see, I’m always available
at [email protected].
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extensive record, which reveals my
unconventional approach to motor
control. Thousands of motor control
designers around the world cannot all be
wrong. As microcontroller and Digital
Signal Controller (DSC) costs continue
to drop, expect to see more and more
motor control systems benefit from the
advantages I offer over my opponent,
which will become evident by the end
of the evening. With a long history of
transforming motor designs around the
world, I am clearly the maverick you
need to buck the failed policies of the
past and lead us confidently into the
future. In fact, it has been said that I am
perhaps the most significant discovery
in the motor control world since the AC
induction motor itself …
The great debate: Slip control versus
field-oriented control
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By Dave Wilson
Slip: I have worked with induction
motors for many years. Induction motors
are friends of mine. And you, sir, are no
AC induction motor!
opponent makes many promises, including increased transient response. But are
we ready to embrace the risky schemes
represented by these claims? By the end
of this debate, it will become apparent
why I represent the most economical,
robust, and energy-efficient choice for
induction motor control.
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Author’s note: With last year’s hard-fought
election still in recent memory, the last
thing you might want to read is an article
reminiscent of that political process. However,
I think we can have a little fun with this topic
by casting two competing motor control
technologies as candidates, pitting them
against each other in a heated debate, and
letting you decide which technology wins.
Moderator: Good evening ladies and
gentlemen, and welcome to this final
debate between our two motor control
candidates. To your left, please welcome
the incumbent technology, Constant Slip
Control, or simply “Slip” as he prefers to
be called. And on the right, please meet
our challenger, Field-Oriented Control,
better known by his nickname, “Vector.”
Moderator: Is that true, Vector? Do you
really represent a more risky approach?
Vector: Not at all. You can obviously
see that this is a desperate attempt by
my opponent to smear and distort my
Also, you do represent a risky approach,
compared to the simplicity of control
that is the cornerstone of my campaign.
To prove this, please refer to Exhibit 1,
which shows a block diagram of a variable speed AC drive utilizing slip control.
The system shown is based on voltage
mode control, but current mode systems
are also popular.
To keep from overfluxing the machine
during transient conditions, the voltage is limited by a predetermined V/Hz
law, as shown by the voltage limiter
block. Instead of dual current loops
I would like to address my first question to
Slip. Considering that you are “slipping”
so far behind in the motor “poles,” do you
really believe you are a serious contender
for variable speed drive applications?
Slip: Despite my opponent’s current lead
in the “poles,” let me make one thing
perfectly clear: I bring many years of
tested experience to this discussion and
represent the preferred choice of design
engineers worldwide when it comes to
controlling AC induction motors. My
Exhibit 1 | A variable speed controller utilizing a constant slip approach can
be adjusted to maximize efficiency.
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we really afford the risky and wasteful
energy-spending policies advocated by
my opponent?
Vector: There you go again. You should
really check your facts before you start
talking about my energy plan.
In this particular system, voltage is controlled independently from frequency
to provide optimum defluxing of the
machine under light loads to save energy.
The energy savings resulting from this
approach compared to the rated flux control of my opponent are shown in Exhibit 2,
where the slip in my system has been
adjusted to optimize motor efficiency. In
both cases, the same 3 HP induction motor
model is used.
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flux compared to field-oriented control operating at rated flux.
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My opponent has compared the energy
savings of his plan to a field-oriented
system operating with rated flux. He
either doesn’t know or doesn’t want you
to know that the same energy savings can
be obtained in a field-oriented system by
simply lowering the d axis current, which
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with precarious frame transformations,
complicated flux estimators, and risky
sensorless back EMF observers, we see
a kinder, gentler control system where
motor voltage and frequency represent
the controlled variables. The desired slip
is supplied directly as an input to the
system, which can be dynamically and
optimally adjusted to maximize torque,
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directly reduces the machine flux. In
Exhibit 3, we see a field-oriented system
where the motor flux and motor torque
can be controlled independently, much
like what can be done in a DC machine
with a separate field winding.
So, everything my opponent can do, I can
do better. But what he failed to tell you is
that when you reduce the flux to increase
efficiency, it’s like putting the motor to
sleep. This significantly increases its susceptibility to sudden or unexpected torque
perturbations, as shown in Exhibit 4.
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My opponent cannot directly control
motor flux; he can only affect it indirectly
by changing voltage. He also mentioned
that various values of slip can be commanded to optimize different motor operating parameters, including efficiency.
Well, it turns out that the desired steadystate slip of an induction motor can just as
easily be set in a field-oriented system by
adjusting the ratio of d and q axis stator
currents as shown in the following equation, where Rr and Lr are rotor resistance
and rotor inductance, respectively:
Exhibit 3 | Motor flux and motor torque can be controlled independently in
a variable speed control system utilizing field-oriented control.
Exhibit 4 | Simulation results of torque step response from 1 N-M load to
rated load (12.6 N-M) show the 460 V, 3-phase, 3 HP motor’s susceptibility
to torque perturbations. (Commanded speed = 120 Radians/sec.)
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But I can understand why my opponent doesn’t want to talk about transient
response – because constant slip control is
based on a slower, steady-state model of an
induction motor. As much as he would like
to dress up his performance in this area,
he can’t. You can put lipstick on a pig, but
it’s still a pig. Fast transient response represents a significant advantage over my
opponent’s failed control policies, which
in the past required DC motors to be used
if fast response was needed.
budget really justify this kind of lavish
pork barrel spending?
Vector: My opponent seems anxious to
talk about the economy. OK then, let’s
talk about the economy. Exhibit 6 shows
a field-oriented system that utilizes a
Freescale DSC. My opponent mentioned
Exhibit 5 | Implementing an 8-bit processor such as the
Freescale MC9S08AW16 in a slip controller is less expensive than
implementing a 16-bit processor.
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Slip: First, let me address the transient
response issue. It’s way overrated. Sure,
you occasionally run into a rare application that needs lightning-fast torque
response. But in most cases, once you
have it, you spend the rest of your design
time trying to mitigate its effects. Fast
torque response can translate into high
levels of jerk in your system, which
can cause acoustic noise and premature
mechanical wear.
My opponent is eager to point out that
the cost of DSCs is dropping. But a simple 8-bit processor with a von Neumann
architecture will always be proportionally less expensive than a 16-bit machine
based on a Harvard architecture with
multiple internal buses. With our economy in such bad shape, can your design
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It can take hundreds of milliseconds to
get the motor to wake up and get the flux
reestablished. In some cases, you can
even stall the motor. That’s why many
designers leave the flux at its rated value
if fast transient response is needed over a
wide torque range.
My dear ol’ grandma always used to say,
“Why pay for a 1 GHz op-amp when a
1 MHz op-amp will do the job?” Take a
washing machine, for example. With all of
the mass associated with a loaded drum,
why in the world would you want or need
super-fast torque response? All of that extra
bandwidth will only get you into trouble.
It’s very difficult to tame and could potentially lead to instability problems in your
motor control system down the road.
But I think this whole discussion about
transient response is an attempt to take
the focus off of the real issue. Over my
desk I have a sign that says, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Why would anyone pay for
the expensive DSP required to do fieldoriented control when you can meet your
requirements with slip control running on
a processor that costs half as much? Take
a look at Exhibit 5, which shows how a
slip control system can be implemented
on a simple 8-bit processor.
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Exhibit 6 | A field-oriented control system with a Freescale MC56F80xx 16-bit
DSC processor offers a more economical choice from a system perspective.
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The processor cost in these systems, as
a proportion of the total system cost, is
typically somewhere between 2 and 10
percent, depending on the motor drive
horsepower rating. So the processor cost
ratio that my opponent loves to cite has
very little impact on total system cost. On
the other hand, the selected processor and
control topologies have a huge impact on
system performance. So, from a system
perspective, field-oriented control represents the best economical choice.
But let me go back to the economy for
a moment. A slip-controlled system is
cheaper than a vector-controlled system.
It’s just true. We can argue about how much
cheaper, but that’s not the point. Shouldn’t
the responsibility of every design engineer
be to design the most robust system that
meets the required specs for the lowest
possible cost? This is especially true for
high-volume applications. When multiplied by the compounding effect of highvolume manufacturing, the cost savings
per system result in quite a stimulus package for your company. But I do agree with
my opponent’s comments about Freescale.
They can handle both of us.
Moderator: Well, what do you know!
We finally found something you both
can agree on. Unfortunately, gentlemen,
that’s all the time we have for tonight’s
debate. I want to thank each of you for
sharing your perspectives on this important topic. I also would like to thank the
audience for attending our debate this
evening. Finally, thanks to Industrial
Embedded Systems for sponsoring
tonight’s discussion. IES
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Another issue my opponent doesn’t like
to talk about is other motor topologies. I
realize that tonight’s debate is focused on
AC induction machines. But before you
vote on which control technique is best
for your application, consider this: Many
of the library routines that comprise fieldoriented control can easily be ported over
to other motor topologies. Slip routines
only work with induction motors. As software resources become more precious,
can you really afford to rewrite your motor
control algorithms every time you choose
a different motor type? Whether my opponent will admit it or not, I bring a new level
of standardization to the motor control
industry, representing the hope and change
we can believe in for the future.
Slip: Field-oriented control or vector
control is risky. It’s clearly more complicated and requires a higher level of motor
control technical savvy than I do.
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the lower processor cost associated with
slip control. But I maintain that the system
cost is more important when considering
your design budget. Notice the hardware
similarity between our two designs when
you compare Exhibit 6 with Exhibit 5.
Finally, I’m getting tired of the accusations that my approach is “risky.” This
is simply an attempt by my opponent to
cover up the failed control policies of his
past. I’m going to say this again: I have
not had any relations with any motor that
were considered risky in nature. Fieldoriented control is not risky. It is well
understood by almost everyone in the
motor control community. Even Joe the
Plumber could do it! Field-oriented libraries and control blocks are readily available from most semiconductor suppliers,
including Freescale Semiconductor at
www.freescale.com/motorcontrol.
Moderator: Slip, you have one minute
for rebuttal.
Dave Wilson is motion
products specialist at
Freescale Semiconductor,
based in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. He has 30
years of experience
working on projects ranging from
nuclear pulse processing to artificial
intelligence pattern recognition, and has
designed motor control systems as simple
as trigger controls for power tools and
as complex as a six-axis DSP servo stage
controller for a scanning electron
microscope. He is also the author of
several articles, patents, and conference
papers related to motor control. Dave
holds a BSEE from John Brown
University and an MSEE from the
University of Wisconsin.
Freescale Semiconductor
262-347-4447
[email protected]
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FPGAs enable energy-efficient motor control
Motor control strategies vary according to the type of motor and the control algorithms used.
To build an adaptable motor controller, an FPGA provides a flexible platform as a starting point
to which designers can add the necessary IP to suit their needs.
Motor control is at the heart of many
of today’s industrial automation and
motion/drive control applications.
Industrial systems and applications are
becoming increasingly complex, and
designers must support a steadily growing number of features and options to be
able to compete in the marketplace. For
example, a product must support multiple Industrial Ethernet and fieldbus standards for maximum market coverage.
Industrial systems designers can leverage the falling price of processing power
to deliver higher-performance drives at
lower costs, but competition is fierce and
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the pressure to reduce time to market is
continually increasing.
These market pressures demand that
designers implement flexible platforms
to create more efficient factories. Factorywide information systems, control networks, and manufacturing systems, especially those that deploy flexible motion/
drive control devices, can be quickly and
inexpensively reconfigured for new applications while maintaining a high degree of
system interoperability using Ethernet and
fieldbus technologies for efficient factory
and office communications.
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The case for FPGAs
For years, industrial motor control applications used general-purpose electronic
devices such as microcontrollers (MCUs)
and DSPs. These devices are designed
with fixed hardware, leaving software as
the only method for designers to update
designs and limiting the development of
application-specific functions.
In comparison, FPGAs can integrate
processor, Industrial Ethernet/fieldbus
standards, custom motor interfaces, and
DSP functions in one device. FPGAs
give designers the freedom to create
custom functions completely adapted
to their specific application requirements by enabling both hardware and
software customization. FPGAs provide
the capability to implement functions
in hardware, accelerating performance
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and simplifying the software porting
effort. This additional freedom opens up
new avenues of enhanced system performance, especially for motor control
energy efficiency.
The following examples show how
industrial systems designers can take
advantage of FPGA technology and
motor control Intellectual Property (IP)
to design the next generation of motor
control applications with the required
functions fully integrated on a single
FPGA.
associated motor. These motor controllers (or drives) may communicate
with a Programmable Logic Controller
(PLC) across a fieldbus or non-real-time
Ethernet bus. In a centralized drive control system, the motor controller communicates with the PLC using fast real-time
Ethernet, making it possible to expand
the feedback loop right back to the PLC.
This means that a high-performance
PLC can perform all the motion calculations, thus enabling the use of simpler
and lower-cost motor controllers.
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The function of the motor controller is
to limit the motor’s output. A digital
speed controller does this by controlling
the motor’s electrical drive, minimizing
overall energy consumption and reducing
wear and tear on the motor’s mechanical
parts. The quality of the design in terms
of energy consumption is fundamental to
meet market expectations, be cost competitive over the product’s lifetime, and
comply with environmental and power
utility regulations.
Figure 1 | An FPGA-based motor control system allows designers to create
custom functions fully integrated on a single FPGA.
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Motor control basics
The increase in industrial energy efficiency during the past few years is
largely due to a change in motor control
technology. Using a power converterbased variable speed motor drive makes
it possible to save up to 88 percent more
energy than the previous generation of
motor control applications.
Systems and techniques in
industrial applications
Motor control systems are at the core of
machine control, production, assembly,
packaging, robotics, computer numeric
control machine tools, and printing.
Motor control techniques depend on
the type of motor being used. The most
common types of motors used in these
applications are brushless DC, stepper,
AC synchronous, and AC induction.
Two types of motor control systems are
typically used in industrial applications
today. In a distributed drive control system, the motor controller performs all
the motion control calculations (speed,
velocity, position) and implements
a local feedback loop to control the
The quality of the
design in terms of
energy consumption is
fundamental to meet
market expectations,
be cost competitive
over the product’s
lifetime, and comply with
environmental and power
utility regulations.
Benefits of using FPGAs and
custom IP
Motor control is a nonlinear and timevarying parameter application. An efficient motor controller demands large
amounts of computing power due to the
inherently fast dynamics of current flow
in the motor and control electronics. Many
of today’s MCU/DSP devices implement
motor control using a simplistic software
control loop and a generic one-size-fits-all
Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) block.
However, this kind of system architecture
cannot provide the optimal power, performance, or integration needed for efficient
motor control applications.
Using FPGA devices offers advantages
in power efficiency, performance, safety,
reliability, system cost, system integration, and implementation flexibility.
Figure 1 shows an example of an FPGAbased integrated motor control system.
Power advantages
A central part of any current control
strategy is actuating the voltage command using one of many PWM techniques. A PWM technique controls the
power-converter transistor states to meet
the time-average value of the voltage
command. These techniques can reduce
losses in the motor and power converter
while optimizing the voltage utilization
of the DC bus.
The true advantage of using FPGAs is the
ability to customize what was previously
fixed generic hardware in MCUs or DSPs.
In FPGAs the standard PWM block found
in an MCU- or DSP-based motor control
chip can be replaced by an applicationspecific PWM IP core optimized for performance and energy efficiency based on
individual motor parameters.
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Figure 2 shows a reduction of nearly
50 percent in the total harmonic distortion at a high modulation index using
an optimized PWM in an FPGA instead
of a standard PWM as used in MCUs
or DSPs. This more accurate control reduces time-harmonic losses in
the motor, reduces audible noise, and
increases global motor reliability.
FPGAs also provide system cost advantages. One benefit of using FPGAs to
increase performance in motor control applications is their ability to provide greater flexibility in arranging
components and additional functions,
for example, integrating computingintensive functions (such as DSP blocks)
to run parallel to the main control
scheme. Such functions may be adaptive,
with real-time motor parameters and
state estimations used to increase motor
control performance and allowed to run
either with a feedback loop or without
speed or position transducers (sensorless
operation). An example would be to use
advanced DSP techniques in hardware
for measurement signal conditioning,
minimizing the effort to port optimized
DSP software from one platform to the
next.
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Performance, safety, reliability,
and system cost advantages
The hardware programmability of
FPGAs enables designers to easily implement dedicated high-performance logic
circuits. Compared to software running
on generic MCUs or DSP blocks, using
dedicated logic circuits for motor current and torque control allows the motor
control loop to operate at much higher
frequencies. This also enables the motor
controller to extract critical information
about the motor’s health during its operation, which then can be sent to the main
application controller to notify the user
about the risk of motor failure.
Integration and implementation
advantages
In FPGAs, the hardware system design
process is completely different from that
of discrete components. In the case of
Altera’s devices, every step of integration
is performed within the Quartus II development software, an electronics design
automation application that enables the
designer to integrate and test system component operations in a completely virtual
environment. In this way, the industrial
systems designer can start a design from
scratch and have a complete operational
system in a matter of minutes. In addition, designers can reduce the number of
components used, decrease system complexity, increase system reliability (due to
less system components), and allow for
customizable motor system configurations that fit every design’s performance
and price point.
Motor control IP is designed to provide
a very high-performance interchangeable
platform. The practical motor control IP
for an application is achieved by selecting and integrating the right combination
of IP. FPGAs are flexible and can support
many types of communications protocols,
motor control IP, and industrial I/O interfaces on one device or platform.
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Implementing such functions on MCUs
or DSP devices may not be possible or
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benefits that cannot be found in MCUor DSP-based systems. These devices
increase system performance by performing timing-critical tasks in hardware
while adding system flexibility, leading
to fewer redesigns and enabling designers to deploy their products sooner than
traditional MCU- and DSP-based designs.
Using FPGAs in motor control applications, designers can easily adapt to their
specific application requirements. IES
Another advantage of implementing the
motor control IP (and network connectivity) on the FPGA is that it mitigates
the risk of product obsolescence. With
long product life cycles, FPGAs are built
with industrial longevity, system flexibility, and reliability in mind. Designers
can modify their systems or migrate to
new generations of FPGAs with ease.
Contrast this methodology to MCUs or
DSPs, which require intensive software
resources and involve long development
cycles when moving to a new processor architecture to update any hardware
features.
Jason Chiang is a senior
technical marketing
manager for Altera’s
Industrial and Automotive
Business Unit, based in
San Jose, California. In
this role, Jason is responsible for
developing marketing strategies and
industrial solutions that facilitate the use
of FPGAs in industrial applications. Prior
to rejoining Altera in 2008, Jason held
various product marketing management
roles at P.A. Semi and PMC-Sierra. He
holds a BSEE from Cal Poly, San Luis
Obispo.
Altera
408-544-8373
[email protected]
www.altera.com
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FPGAs mean more flexibility
FPGA-based systems offer industrial
applications flexibility and productivity
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might force the designer to compromise
on either motor control performance or
system performance. In comparison,
these functions are completely independent on an FPGA as they can run in parallel in the programmable logic hardware.
An FPGA-based motor controller offers
completely deterministic performance
and enhanced product reliability compared to the serial instruction-execution
approaches of MCUs or DSPs.
Figure 2 | FPGA-based motor control reduces total harmonic distortion by
50 percent compared to MCU-based motor control. (Source: Alizem)
Technology Focus: Software ideas
OPC UA, seen through the eyes
of users
By Randy Kondor
The first form of OPC (now called Classic
OPC) relied on Distributed Component
Object Model (DCOM) for its data transportation. DCOM was very powerful and
versatile but posed a problem for those
who did not understand how to configure
it. Instead of DCOM, OPC UA relies on
Web services for its data transportation.
OPC UA also uses objects to help with
data description. All this will ensure that
OPC UA will be even better suited to
penetrate the entire plant enterprise. Of
course, with all the new connectivity that
OPC UA offers, the new challenge will be
system security.
Moving to Web services
The change to Web services in OPC UA
is something most end users will notice
immediately. Two of the biggest advantages for Web services are ease of communication between networks and independence from specific OSs. The challenge
for the plant itself will be implementing
security to keep data safe.
Perhaps the biggest technical advantage
of Web services is that they enable OPC
to communicate over a single port using
a protocol that most firewalls will allow
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OPC is an industrial communication standard that allows manufacturers to use data
to optimize production, make operation
decisions quickly, and generate reports.
OPC enables plants to automate data
transfers from a control system such as a
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC),
distributed control system, or analyzer
to an industrial software application such
as a Human Machine Interface (HMI),
historian, production system, or management system.
original name OLE for Process Control is
no longer appropriate, and OPC no longer
stands for anything. OPC is just OPC.
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OPC Unified Architecture (UA) represents
the OPC Foundation’s most recent set
of specifications for process control and
automation system interconnectivity. Randy
explains OPC UA from the perspective
of those who will benefit most from this
connectivity: end users.
OPC is typically found in Level 3 and
higher networks. Thus, OPC transfers
process control data between the control
(Level 2) network and the operations/
manufacturing (Level 3) network. It also
exchanges data between the operations/
manufacturing network and the business
(Level 4) network. This is depicted in
Figure 1. In essence, OPC is the Modbus
of the new century. It is not a replacement for low-level communication
standards such as 4 to 20 mA, HART,
PROFIBUS, or Foundation Fieldbus.
Instead, organizations use OPC in highlevel communication.
Note that OPC is no longer an acronym.
When OPC was first released in 1996, it
served as an acronym for OLE for Process
Control and was restricted to the Windows
Operating System (OS). OPC is now available on other OSs and enjoys significant
adoption outside of process control. So the
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Figure 1 | OPC exchanges data between the control and operations/
manufacturing networks and between the operations/manufacturing and
business networks.
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of various temperature, level, pressure,
flow, and vibration readings. Included
would be the history of all values as well
as a picture of the pump. Engineers could
even associate process and instrumentation schematic diagrams and maintenance orders. This presents a powerful
mechanism for integrators from various
companies to share data without having
to recreate it in their different proprietary
software applications.
For example, in DCOM-based OPC,
end users interested in a pressure reading would have to point to the OPC DA
server to look at the real-time value. Then
they would have to point to an OPC HDA
server to trend the pressure over the past
shift. If they wanted to take a look at associated events, they would have to point to
the OPC A&E server. But with OPC UA,
end users can simply point to a pressure
reading, view its real-time value, look at
the past shift’s trend (historical data), and
view all the associated events by connecting to a single OPC UA server.
Shop floor to top floor: OPC to the
enterprise
OPC UA introduces an object model to
industrial data, and Web services will
enable OPC applications to transport the
data across firewalls, networks, and the
Internet. A variety of applications will be
able to supply the enterprise with data.
An HMI will be able to pass equipment
events to the maintenance system. The
historian will be able to pass calculations
to various engineering systems. As well,
inventory management systems will be
able to easily obtain production figures
directly from automation equipment.
OPC UA also provides the ability to create more complex objects. For example,
engineers could create a pump composed
Plant floor data will finally find its way
to the business LAN and enable a variety
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In addition, Web services are not bound to
any specific OS. Thus, vendors will have
an easier time implementing OPC servers
on their automation hardware and nonWindows OSs. Vendors are already working on PLCs that include an embedded
native OPC server that does not require an
external computer. However, this implementation might not be as simple as it
seems because automation applications
(HMI, historian, automation and process
control, and others) typically require a PC
anyway. Nevertheless, it would be possible to have a PLC communicate with a
software application using OPC without
requiring an intermediate computer that
uses Windows.
OPC UA provides a unified data model,
shown in Figure 2. Thus, when an application uses OPC UA to send a temperature reading, the receiver can retrieve the
real-time value, any associated historical values, and even alarms and events.
All this data is available from pointing
at a single OPC item. The OPC server
can associate all the data together so that
the OPC client does not need to redo the
association work.
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to pass by default. This should make it
easier for integrators to set up a system
for communication between networks.
Many firewalls are already configured to
let Web traffic pass across port 80. This
will make it easier for IT to open the ports
necessary to implement OPC communication. Previously, DCOM required multiple ports to establish communication.
While this was possible to configure, a
significant portion of automation personnel did not take the time to learn how
to do it. Nevertheless, opening port 80
releases communication for a plethora
of applications, not just those needed for
operations, so emphasis on security will
be required immediately.
Object-oriented data model
Classic OPC has a fairly simple data
model. Each of the OPC specifications
handles a different aspect of the data.
For example, the OPC Data Access (DA)
specification communicates real-time
values; the OPC Historical Data Access
(HDA) specification communicates
archived values; the OPC Alarms and
Events (A&E) specification communicates various process and system events
such as a temperature that exceeds a prespecified limit; and so on. In addition,
Classic OPC implements each specification separately, essentially in a different
executable. Thus, it is time-consuming for
end users to match item names with realtime data and item names with historical
data. Even worse, automated applications
may not be able to do it at all.
Figure 2 | With the unified data model offered by OPC UA, users can obtain
the information they need by pointing at a single OPC item.
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Figure 3 | A variety of industrial applications will benefit from data made
available through OPC UA.
authentication, authorization, and encryption. Various products that are already in
the planning stages still do not include
the necessary facilities for proper security. These applications use “security by
obscurity,” which essentially relies on
a hacker’s inability to understand how
a system works to make it behave inappropriately. Both process and attitudes
toward security will have to change.
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Security: The new challenge for
automation
OPC UA makes it relatively easy for
a multitude of applications to connect with each other. So the new challenge for automation personnel will be
to secure their systems from unwanted
connections. Web services will make
it easy to cross firewalls and networks.
Unwanted connections from people
and applications will become far more
common. However, unlike IT systems,
automation systems are responsible for
production and safety. Therefore, security will quickly rise to the forefront.
Automation personnel will have to learn
how to secure their systems in a way that
still enables them to provide access to
those who need it.
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of applications to benefit from the newly
available data, as shown in Figure 3. For
instance, computer maintenance management systems or enterprise asset management systems such as Maximo, Indus,
IFS, and Ivara will be able to obtain
equipment condition data so that they can
implement a conditions-based maintenance program. Enterprise resource planning applications such as SAP, Oracle,
PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and Baan will
be able to obtain inventory information or
even send production orders without any
manual intervention.
It remains to be seen how vendors
will enable their applications with the
three pillars of secure connectivity:
Unifying the promise
OPC UA unifies the existing OPC specifications. It enables plants to replace the
existing reliance on DCOM with Web
For the scoop on how OPC UA and other M2M communication standards
are helping improve machine interoperability and performance, check out
the new Industrial Embedded Systems HyperMag coming in May.
Visit www.industrial-embedded.com/hypermag.
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services. It also introduces the concept
of objects, which enables workers in a
range of roles at the plant to access the
same data in different ways. This enables
them to produce a variety of reports and
analytical calculations without having to
cobble together data from many different
sources.
The challenge for companies implementing OPC UA is to ensure their data is secure
from unauthorized access. However, given
all the promise that OPC UA holds, most
industries will experience a sharp increase
in OPC’s penetration of their plants. IES
Randy Kondor is a computer engineer and the
president of the OPC
Training Institute, the
world’s largest OPC
training company. Since
1996, Randy has been involved within
the OPC industry and is a strong supporter of the OPC Foundation. He continues to dedicate himself to spreading
the OPC Foundation’s message about
system interoperability and intervendor
cooperation. Randy has a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the University of
Alberta.
OPC Training Institute
780-784-4444
www.opcti.com
Technology Focus: Software ideas
Applying modern UI technology to
safety-critical systems
A strong candidate
Adobe Flash offers many benefits: It is platform independent (that is, it runs the same
across many Operating Systems or OSs), it
supports fast prototyping and iterative UI
development, and it has become the lingua
franca of UI and graphics designers. These
qualities make Flash a strong candidate for
safety-critical UIs. To understand this point,
consider some of the UI design guidelines
published by the FDA[2]:
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By Bill Graham
Adobe Flash started life on the desktop and
the Internet. Originally a Web animation technology, it has grown into a compelling tool
for designing and implementing UIs such as
the QNX-based digital instrument cluster for
in-vehicle electronics (pictured on this page).
Moreover, developers can use Adobe Flash
Lite, which has been optimized for resourceconstrained environments, to implement
Flash-based UIs in their embedded systems. Already, manufacturers have deployed
Adobe Flash Lite in more than 800 million
devices.
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The User Interface (UI) can make all the difference between a product
that works and a product that doesn’t – and the results of not working
can be disastrous. More robust, better tested, and more uniform
interfaces are needed. One way to help achieve UI reliability is to
eliminate the error-prone process of translating UIs designed with highlevel tools into conventional graphics technology. Rather than use two
or more technologies to design, prototype, and deploy UIs, teams can
work with one common technology: Adobe Flash.
Between 1985 and 1987, three people died and three others
fell seriously ill from radiation overdoses caused by user error
and software malfunction in a radiation therapy machine, the
Therac-25. An oft-quoted example of poor all-round design, the
Therac-25 incident also highlights how the UI plays a major
role in the success or failure of safety-critical systems.
For example, if a serious error occurred, the machine’s UI would
display “MALFUNCTION,” followed by a numeric code from 1
to 64. Neither the UI, the device, nor the user manual explained
what the various codes indicated. Moreover, the operator could
override an error condition by simply pressing “P” on the keyboard. By allowing operators to bypass critical warnings, the UI
contributed to the radiation overdoses. It also required tedious,
repetitive user entries and contained bugs that led to erroneous
entries[1].
Discussions of safety-critical design often focus on hard realtime control software. But, as the Therac-25 story demonstrates,
the operator and the UI contribute just as much to system safety.
Paradoxically, a technology that can help developers build better
safety-critical UIs comes not from the world of real-time embedded systems, but from the world of consumer-grade computers
and mobile devices.
Keep the UI consistent with user expectations.
Consider the user’s experience with similar
devices and well-established conventions.
Keep the display well-organized and uncluttered.
Ensure that the user can see and hear signals.
Consider the ambient lighting and noise.
Keep labels, displays, controls, and acronyms
consistent with the user manual and established
conventions (for instance, PWR for Power).
Arrange controls to prevent inadvertent activation.
Use color and shape coding to convey information
quickly, but ensure the coding follows universal
conventions (for instance, most systems use red to
indicate errors, so don’t display alarms in blue).
Provide feedback to user input.
Correctly indicate resets, failures, or default values.
Relieve the operator of complex processes or
mental calculations.
Don’t use software when a simple hardware solution would suffice.
Consider using dedicated displays to present critical
information; don’t display other data in these areas.
Adobe Flash addresses many of these requirements. For
instance, consider the need to build a UI consistent with user
expectations and well-established conventions. Flash-based UIs
are, by nature, consistent across platforms, even when scaled
to different screen sizes. Moreover, Flash allows developers to
create highly interactive UIs that use the same familiar UI conventions found in consumer software applications for desktop
environments.
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Consider also the need to create an uncluttered,
understandable, easy-to-use UI. This goal is
rarely achieved on the first try; the UI design
typically must go through multiple iterations
before it becomes sufficiently intuitive and
understandable for operators. The need, then,
is for a tool that excels at fast prototyping.
Adobe Flash integrates with the most popular graphics design software packages used
today, for instance, Adobe Photoshop or Adobe
Illustrator, which are typically used to create
graphical elements of UIs; it also adds animation and visual programming via ActionScript
to provide a full-blown UI development environment. All this makes Flash a superior prototyping platform and helps teams iterate quickly
through multiple revisions of the UI.
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Smoother transition
The prototyping and evaluation phase, where
Figure 1 | Compared to traditional approaches, Flash offers a
the design team tests the UI design on real
faster transition from design to deployment.
operators, constitutes a critical step in designing safe systems. Because Flash provides conTranslating the finalized UI design to the operational device consistency between platforms, it allows developers to perform UI
stitutes another key step. Traditionally, development teams would
testing on a desktop system or reference platform well before the
take the final output from the UI designer and translate it into contarget hardware is available. UI testing can proceed while other
ventional graphics technology, typically a collection of widgets,
software and hardware components are still in development.
2D libraries, or 3D graphics implemented in C. But now, teams
can eliminate this time-consuming and error-prone step not only
in function, but also in design, intuitiveness, and intent by building the UI with high-level Flash tools and then deploying that UI
directly on an embedded Flash player. Eliminating the translation
from designer tools to developer tools improves productivity and
enhances UI design and usability.
Figure 1 contains two flow charts, one depicting the traditional
approach of translating UI prototypes into conventional graphics technology (widgets, 2D/3D libraries, and so on) and the
other showing the faster transition from design to implementation in Flash.
Determinism and real-time behavior
By its very nature, Adobe Flash doesn’t provide a deterministic or real-time programming environment. It uses an interpreted
Javascript-based language, ActionScript, which runs in a virtual
machine inside the Flash player. Nonetheless, system designers
can still use Flash in safety-critical systems for several reasons:
Adobe Flash Lite embedded players use less CPU and
memory resources than their desktop equivalents and are
specifically tuned for the Real-Time OS (RTOS) they run on.
By following some simple design guidelines, system
designers can limit the CPU and memory resources required
for the Flash player. For instance, designers can minimize
alpha blending and transparency, avoid overuse of gradients,
and use the minimum acceptable frame rate for animations.
Many embedded OSs, including the QNX Neutrino RTOS,
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Besides serving as an ideal UI designer’s
tool, Adobe Flash also offers flexible
development and deployment technology for embedded systems. Its familiarity
and support for widely accepted UI conventions make it well-suited for UIs in
all sorts of devices. Its support for rapid
prototyping and iterative design helps
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guarantee that the UI is sufficiently tested
and easy to use.
Combining Flash with the preemptive
scheduling and time partitioning of modern
embedded OSs ensures timely response in
safety-critical applications, while graphical layering allows developers to leverage
2D/3D real-time graphics technology for
displaying critical information. IES
References
[1] “The Therac-25 Accidents,” Nancy
Leveson, http://sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/
therac.pdf
[2] “Do It By Design: An Introduction to
Human Factors,” Dick Sawyer, Office
of Communication, Education, and
Radiation Programs (OCER), U.S. Federal
Drug Administration, www.fda.gov/cdrh/
humfac/doitpdf.pdf
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provide CPU time partitioning, which
allows the system designer to control
and limit how much memory and
CPU time the Flash player consumes.
Conversely, partitioning can also
ensure that the Flash player always
has enough memory and CPU time
to respond quickly to user input.
Some RTOSs provide an easy-touse communications interface from
Flash ActionScript applications
running within the Flash player
(the interpretive, non-real-time
environment) to RTOS threads
and processes (the hard real-time
environment). This interface gives
system designers the flexibility
to assign activities to the realtime processing layer as needed.
Designers can relegate noncritical
UI functions to ActionScript.
Graphical layering technology allows
developers to overlay multiple UI
technologies on the same screen
(shown in Figure 2). By using
software blending or hardware
layering support, system designers
can seamlessly blend Flash-based
graphics with real-time 2D or 3D
rendering of time-critical data.
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• a second PMC slot.
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5810 Van Allen Way • Carlsbad, CA 92008
760-930-4600
www.PowerConversion.com/go/ad24
AD24 Adapter
The Emerson Network Power highly efficient AD24 Series
provides a flexible power solution with a compact form
factor for a wide variety of portable and desktop applications, including instrumentation, telecommunications, test
and measurement systems and computer peripherals.
FEATURES
›› Universal AC input with fully regulated output
›› Overcurrent and overvoltage protection
›› High efficiency and high MTBF
›› Complies with One Watt Input Energy Star/Blue Angel requirement
and EN 61000-3-2
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The AD24 freestanding AC-DC power adapter produces
a fully regulated 12 V output and features a universal
90-264 Vac input, enabling the product’s use anywhere in
the world. The AD24’s automatic recovery features protect
the adapter against overvoltage and overpower conditions. In addition, the product has achieved a best-in-class
safety approval profile, including UL/CSA 60950-1, TUV EN/
IEC 60950-1, CE Mark LVD & EMC and CCC certification.
›› Input power less than 74 W, max power 24 W
›› Meets K.21 Basic Surge requirement
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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5810 Van Allen Way • Carlsbad, CA 92008
760-930-4600
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ADN DIN Rail Mount
Emerson Network Power’s range of DIN Rail Mount power
supplies extends from 15-960 W. All models are designed
for an industrial environment with no derating up to 60 ºC.
• The Low Power models (15-91 W) accept 115 or 230 Vac
input with auto-selection of the appropriate voltage.
• The Medium Power models (60-480 W) accept 115 or
230 Vac input with auto-selection. With 24 Vdc output
the line complies with PFC requirements, EN 61000-3-2.
The new generation of Medium Power modules shows
a slim profile of only 50 mm for the 5 A (120 W) models
and 60 mm width for the 10 A (240 W) models.
• The Three-Phase models (120-960 W) accept 380-480 Vac
input. With 24 Vdc output the line is more than 90%
efficient and meets EN 61000-3-2 power factor correction requirements.
FEATURES
›› Available in AC-DC and DC-DC versions varying from single-phase
to three-phase inputs
›› Meets EN 60950, UL 60950, UL 60079-15, IEC 60079-15 (hazardous
locations), UL 508, EN 61000-3-2 and Sag Immunity
›› Adjustable voltage and power factor correction
›› Highly efficient > 90% switching technology
›› Parallel redundant operation
›› High MTBF and reliability with three-year warranty
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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Emerson Network Power – Embedded Power
5810 Van Allen Way • Carlsbad, CA 92008
760-930-4600
www.PowerConversion.com/go/LGA
LGA Series
FEATURES
›› Wide input range: 3.0-13.8 Vdc (4.5 Vdc minimum input for 20 A
module)
›› -40 °C to +85 °C operating ambient temperature range
›› Enable pin, power good signal, differential remote sense, margin
control
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Emerson Network Power’s LGA Series is among the latest
product additions to its non-isolated board-mounted module offering. Available in 3 A, 6 A, 10 A and 20 A modules,
the LGA Series comes with an adjustable output from 0.59
to 5.1 Vdc through external resistor trimming. Its Land Grid
Array (LGA) packaging offers low apparent thermal resistance when mounted on typical circuit boards, making the
modules attractive for power applications such as regulator circuits that drive ASICs, memory, and FPGAs common
in telecom/computing networking environments. Its low
profile also offers less airflow disruption, space savings as
it can be mounted on either the top or bottom side of the
board, and compatibility with common automated circuit
board assembly processes.
›› 16.26 x 16.26 mm Land Grid Array package
›› Low profile – 3.2 mm typical
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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760-930-4600
www.PowerConversion.com/go/lps100
LPS100-M Series
The Emerson Network Power highly efficient LPS100-M
Series has a compact open-frame design, measuring just
2" x 4" with a height of only 1.29", and has a typical full
load efficiency of 88%. The power density is in excess of
14 W per cubic inch. The supply is primarily intended for
use in Information Technology Equipment (ITE) and light
industrial systems, as well as equipment intended for nonpatient contact and non-patient critical use in low power
medical, dental and laboratory applications.
The LPS100-M Series features a universal 90-264 Vac input
– enabling it to be used anywhere in the world – and has
150 W of power.
FEATURES
›› Medical and ITE safety approved and EN 61000-3-2 compliant
›› Active power factor correction with built-in Class B EMI filter
›› 2 x 4 x 1U form factor with 88% typical efficiency at full load
›› Isolated 12 V fan output with adjustable main output
›› Overload protection: Short circuit and case overload protected
›› Power fail and remote inhibit with remote sense
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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5810 Van Allen Way • Carlsbad, CA 92008
760-930-4600
www.PowerConversion.com/go/MicroTca
MTC600 Series
Emerson Network Power’s MTC600 power module series
provides a self-contained power solution for MicroTCA systems. The modules can support shelves, cubes and other
system implementations, and are fully compliant with the
PICMG MicroTCA.0 Revision 1.0 specification.
FEATURES
›› Complete power supply, power management and power protection
for MicroTCA systems
›› Compact, high power density, single-width module, 12 HP high
›› 600 W output power
›› 16 output channels, each capable of delivering 12 V @ 7.6 A payload
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MTC600 power modules are available in DC-input or ACinput versions and implement all of the incoming power
conversion, power management and power protection
functionality necessary for a complete MicroTCA system
comprising up to 12 AdvancedMCs, 2 MicroTCA Carrier
Hubs and 2 Cooling Units. The AC modules support an
input voltage of 90-264 Vac. The DC modules support an
input voltage of 39-72 Vdc.
power and 3.3 V @ 150 mA management power
›› Provides power for up to 12 AdvancedMCs, 2 MicroTCA Carrier
Hubs and 2 Cooling Units
›› Supports N+1 redundancy and hot-swap operation
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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Tri-M Engineering
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100-1407 Kebet Way • Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6L3 Canada
604-945-9565
www.tri-m.com
HE104+DX
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The HE104+DX is a high-efficiency 108W DC-DC converter
that can supply +3.3V, +5V, +12V, and -12V DC outputs.
The HE104+DX is designed for low-noise embedded computer systems, has a wide input range of 6V to 40V DC,
and is ideal for battery or unregulated input applications.
The HE104+DX is specifically designed for vehicular applications and has heavy-duty transient suppressors (9,000W
on both main and secondary inputs) that clamp the input
voltage to safe levels, while maintaining normal power
supply operation. The HE104+DX is a MOSFET-based
design that provides outstanding line and load regulation
with efficiencies up to 90 percent. Organic Semiconductor
Capacitors provide filtering that reduces ripple noises
below 20mV. The low-noise design makes the HE104+DX
ideal for use aboard aircraft or military applications or
wherever EMI or RFI must be minimized.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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FEATURES
›› 108W DC-DC converter
›› +3.3V, +5V, +12V, and -12V DC output
›› 6V to 40V DC input range
›› Extended temperature: -40°C to +85°C
›› PC/104-Plus compliant
›› High efficiency up to 90 percent
›› High transient suppression
›› Low output ripple
›› Remote on/off standard
›› Removable connector blocks
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Advanced Digital Logic
4411 Morena Blvd., Suite 101 • San Diego, CA 92117
858-490-0597
www.adlogic-pc104.com
PC/104 Intel Atom CPU 1.1GHz-1.6GHz
The ADLS15PC PC/104-Plus CPU is based on the Intel®
Atom™ and the Intel US15W (Poulsbo™) chipset. The Intel
Atom is a single core processor built on a 45nm process.
It delivers the benefits of genuine Intel architecture to
small form factor and thermally constrained markets, and
remains perfectly compatible with legacy applications. The
Intel US15W System Controller Hub (SCH) incorporates all
functions of legacy GMCH and ICH architectures into a
single die.
• Manufactured by Digital-Logic AG
›› FEATURES – MSM200X/XP/XU/S – Delivery mid-May!
›› 1.1GHz (Z510) & 1.6GHz (Z530), up to 2GB Soldered SDRAM
›› 10/100/1000 LAN, 4x USB2 Host /1x USB2 Client
›› 1x PCI Express Minicard for WLAN/GSM
›› SATA, Up to Four COM Ports, Optional GPS, 7.1 HD Audio,
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The MICROSPACE® MSM200X/XP/XU/S based on Intel‘s latest Atom processor has all of the standard PC interfaces
including Ethernet and SATA. The permanently soldered
memory (up to 2GB) results in added robustness. The typical 6W power consumption permits passive cooling within
a very broad working temperature range.
FEATURES
PCI/104-Express Bus and more
›› FEATURES – ADLS15PC – Delivery end of April!
›› 1.1GHz & 1.6GHz CPU, Up to 2GB DDR2-DRAM
›› PATA and up to 4GB Onboard SSD
›› 8x USB2 Ports, 2x RS-232/422/485 COM, 7.1 HD Audio, 10/100/1000
Mbit Ethernet & GPIO CRT/LVDS, & SMBus Interfaces and more
›› 90mm x 96mm, passively cooled
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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Vector Electronics & Technology, Inc.
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800-423-5659
www.vectorelect.com
Series 415
The Series 415 VME system enclosure for 6U X 160MM
(up to 340MM) cards features side air intake with removable air filters, rear exhaust and a cable way extending
from the front card area to the inside rear panel. There is
a removable polycarbonate front door panel, rackmount
brackets and optional slides. Recessed side pocket handles
are available for easier handling. The chassis’ unique rugged design has a removable top wrap-over cover over a
formed ”U“ lower body. The chassis is IEEE 1101.10 compliant. A system reset/power switch with clear flip-up covers
is mounted on the upper front panel.
There are two removable fan trays with quick disconnects.
This unit will accommodate up to a 21-slot backplane.
Dual-redundant 600W hot-swap power supplies are accessible from the front of the chassis.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
FEATURES
›› Rugged aluminum construction
›› VME/VME64x CompactPCI and VXI backplanes
›› Many power options including dual redundant hot swap
›› Dual AC inputs
›› Removable air intake filters
›› Voltage/fan monitors
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190 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite 130 • Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-2514
www.annapmicro.com
CoreFire
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›› Data flow-based – automatically generates intermodule control
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Use CoreFire’s graphical interface to drag and drop library
elements onto the design window. Modify your input and
output types, numbers of bits, and other core variables by
changing module parameters with pull-down menus. The
modules automatically provide correct timing and clock
control. Insert debug modules to report actual hardware
values for hardware-in-the-loop debugging. Hit the Build
button to check for errors and as-built core sizes and to
build an encrypted EDIF file. Use the Xilinx ISE tool to place
and route each FPGA design. Modify and use the jar file
or the C program created by the CoreFire Build to load
your new file into your WILDSTAR and I/O card hardware.
Use the CoreFire Debugger to view and modify register
and memory contents in the FPGA and to step through
the data flow of your design running in the real physical
hardware.
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CoreFire™ FPGA Application Builder, which transforms the
FPGA development process, making it possible for theoreticians to easily and quickly build and test their algorithms
on the real hardware that will be used in the field.
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›› Drag-and-drop graphical interface
›› Work at high conceptual level – concentrate on solving algorithmic
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Our extensive IP and board support libraries contain more
than 1,000 proven, reusable, high-performance cores,
including FIR and CIC filters, a channelizer, and the world’s
fastest FFT. We support conversion between data types:
bit, signed and unsigned integers, single precision floating
point, integer and floating point complex, and arrays. A
few of the newly added array cores include array composition and decomposition; slice, parallelize, serialize, repack,
split, merge, reorder, rotate, and concatenate transformations; matrix math, sliding windows, and convolutions.
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›› Hardware-in-the-loop debugging
›› More than 1,000 modules incorporate years of application experience
›› Reduce risk with COTS boards and software
›› Save time to market
›› Save development dollars
›› Easily port completed applications to new technology chips and
boards
›› Training and custom application development available
›› Achieve world-class performance; WILD solutions outperform the
competition
›› Annual node locked or networked license; includes customer
support and updates
The combination of our COTS hardware and CoreFire
enables our customers to make massive improvements
in processing speed while achieving significant savings in
size, weight, power, person-hours, dollars, and calendar
time to deployment.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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190 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite 130 • Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-2514
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›› Four synchronized differential front panel clock outputs up to
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A jumper set at board installation time or via optional
P2 serial port determines which one of the two installed
clock sources is active. Manufacturing options for Clock
Source 0 are single-ended or differential external clock,
a PLL ranging from 700 MHz to 3 GHz with an onboard
reference oscillator, or a PLL ranging from 700 MHz to
3 GHz with a 10 MHz external reference. Manufacturing
options for Clock Source 1 are a PLL ranging from 700 MHz
to 3 GHz with an onboard reference oscillator, a PLL
ranging from 700 MHz to 3 GHz with a 10 MHz external
reference, or an onboard low-frequency oscillator ranging up to 800 MHz.
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The Four Channel Clock Synchronization Board distributes
a common clock and synchronized control signal triggers
to multiple cards in the system. This 6U VME64x/VXS board
provides four high-speed, ultra-low jitter, ultra-low skew
differential bulkhead-mounted clock outputs, two ultralow skew differential vertical SMA onboard clock outputs,
and four ultra-low skew and clock synchronized singleended bulkhead-mounted control signal triggers.
3 GHz with typical skew of 5 ps
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The four control trigger outputs can originate from
a high-precision external source via front panel SMA,
from a manual push button on the front panel, or
from software via an optional backplane P2 connector
serial port. These trigger outputs are synchronized to
the distributed clock to provide precise output timing
relationships.
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SIGINT, ELINT, Digital Signal Processing, FFTs, communications, software radio, encryption, image processing, prototyping, text processing, and other processing-intensive
applications.
Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products
and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the
customer’s applications succeed. We offer training and
exceptional special application development support, as
well as more conventional customer support.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
and external 10 MHz reference
›› Onboard PLL’s manufacturing options provide fixed frequencies of
700 MHz to 3 GHz, locked to internal or external reference
›› Onboard low-frequency oscillator provides fixed frequencies up to
approximately 800 MHz
›› Four synchronized trigger outputs, always synchronized with
the output clock, with typical skew of 5 ps
›› Jumper selectable trigger output levels of 3.3 V PECL, 2.5 V PECL, or
1.65 V PECL
›› Source trigger from front panel SMA, push button, or optional
P2 serial port
›› Cascade boards provide up to 16 sets of outputs
›› Compatible with standard VME64x and VXS 6U backplanes
›› Universal clock input supports wide range of signal options,
including signal generator sine wave
›› Differential clock input permits multiple standards including: LVDS,
3.3 V PECL, 2.5 V PECL, and 1.65 V PECL
›› Clock and trigger outputs compatible with all Annapolis Micro
Systems’ WILDSTAR™ 2 PRO I/O cards and WILDSTAR™ 4/5
mezzanine cards
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›› Four Virtex-4 FPGA processing elements – two XC4VFX100 or
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Develop your application very quickly with our CoreFire™
FPGA Application Builder, which transforms the FPGA
development process, making it possible for theoreticians
to easily build and test their algorithms on the real hardware that will be used in the field. CoreFire, based on data
flow, automatically generates distributed control fabric
between cores.
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sonar, SIGINT, ELINT, DSP, FFTs, communications, SoftwareDefined Radio, encryption, image processing, prototyping,
text processing, and other processing-intensive applications. Our tenth-generation WILDSTAR 4 for VME64x/VXS
uses Xilinx’s newest Virtex-4 FPGAs for state-of-the-art
performance. It accepts one or two I/O mezzanine cards in
one VME64x or VXS slot, including Quad 250 MHz 12-bit
ADC, Single 2.5 GHz 8-bit ADC, Quad 130 MHz 16-bit
ADC, Dual 2.3/1.5 GSps 12-bit DAC, Quad 600 MSps 16-bit
DAC, Universal 3 Gbit Serial I/O (RocketIO, 10 Gb Ethernet, InfiniBand), and Tri XFP (OC-192, 10G Fibre Channel,
10 Gb Ethernet). Our boards work on Windows, Linux,
Solaris, IRIX, ALTIX, VxWorks, and others. We support our
board products with a standardized set of drivers, APIs,
and VHDL simulation models.
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WILDSTAR 4 for VXS
XC4VFX140, and two XC4VSX55 or XC4VLX40, LX80, LX100, or LX160
›› Up to 6 GB DDR2 DRAM in 12 banks or up to 2 GB DDR2 DRAM and
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Our extensive IP and board support libraries contain more
than 1,000 cores, including floating point and the world’s
fastest FFT. With a graphical user interface for design entry,
hardware-in-the-loop debugging, and proven, reusable,
high-performance IP modules, WILDSTAR 4 for VME64x/
VXS, with its I/O cards, provides extremely high overall
throughput and processing performance. The combination
of our COTS hardware and CoreFire allows our customers
to make massive improvements in processing speed, while
achieving significant savings in size, weight, power, personhours, dollars, and calendar time to deployment.
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up to 64 MB DDRII or QDRII SRAM
›› Available for either VME64x or VXS backplanes
›› High-speed DMA multichannel PCI controller
›› Programmable Flash to store FPGA images and for PCI controller
›› Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast, easy application
development
›› VHDL model, including source code for hardware interfaces and
ChipScope access
›› Host software: Windows, Linux, VxWorks, and more
›› Available in both commercial and industrial temperature grades/
integrated heatsink for cooling and stiffness
›› Proactive thermal management system – board-level current
measurement and FPGA temperature monitor, accessible through
Host API
›› Save time and effort. Reduce risk with COTS boards and software
›› Achieve world-class performance; WILD solutions outperform the
competition
›› Includes one-year hardware warranty, software updates, and
customer support; training available
Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products
and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the
customer’s applications succeed. We offer training and
exceptional special application development support, as
well as more conventional customer support.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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Annapolis Micro Systems
190 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite 130 • Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-2514
www.annapmicro.com
WILDSTAR 5 for IBM Blade
Perfect Blend of Processors and Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs.
Eleventh Annapolis Generation.
Direct Seamless Connections – No data reduction between:
external sensors and FPGAs, FPGAs and processors over IB
or 10 Gb Ethernet backplane, FPGAs and standard output
modules.
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›› From two to eight Virtex-5 FPGA processing elements – LX110T,
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SIGINT, ELINT, Digital Signal Processing, FFTs, communications, software radio, encryption, image processing, prototyping, text processing, and other processing-intensive
applications. We support our board products with a standardized set of drivers, APIs, and VHDL simulation models.
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Abundant power and cooling to ensure maximum performance.
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Ultimate Modularity – From zero to six Virtex-5 processing FPGA/memory modules, and two Virtex-5 I/O FPGAs.
Accepts one or two standard Annapolis WILDSTAR 4/5 I/O
mezzanines: Quad 130 MSps through Quad 500 MSps A/D,
1.5 GSps through 2.2 GSps A/D, Quad 600 MSps DAC, InfiniBand, 10 Gb Ethernet, SFPDP.
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›› Up to 10.7 GB DDR2 DRAM per WILDSTAR 5 for IBM Blade board
›› 144 x 144 crossbar. 3.2 Gb per line. Two external PPC 440s – 1 per
each I/O FPGA
›› Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast, easy application
development
›› VHDL model, including source code for hardware interfaces and
ChipScope access
›› Available in both commercial and industrial temperature grades
›› Proactive thermal management system – board-level current
measurement and FPGA temperature monitor, accessible through
Host API
›› Includes one-year hardware warranty, software updates, and
customer support
›› Blade management controller. USB, RS-485, Ethernet, KVM, 16 RIO,
Switch to 1 GbE over backplane
›› Save time and effort. Reduce risk with COTS boards and software
›› We offer training and exceptional special application development
support, as well as more conventional support
›› Famous for the high quality of our products and our unparalleled
dedication to ensuring that the customer’s applications succeed
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Develop your application very quickly with our CoreFire™
FPGA Application Builder, which transforms the FPGA
development process, making it possible for theoreticians
to easily build and test their algorithms on the real hardware that will be used in the field. CoreFire, based on data
flow, automatically generates distributed control fabric
between cores. Our extensive IP and board support libraries
contain more than 1,000 cores, including floating point and
the world’s fastest FFT. A graphical user interface for design
entry supports hardware-in-the-loop debugging, and provides proven, reusable, high-performance IP modules.
WILDSTAR 5 for IBM Blade, with its associated I/O cards,
provides extremely high overall throughput and processing
performance. The combination of our COTS hardware and
CoreFire allows our customers to make massive improvements in processing speed, while achieving significant
savings in size, weight, power, person-hours, dollars, and
calendar time to deployment.
Achieve world-class performance; WILDSTAR solutions outperform the competition.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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›› Up to three Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA I/O processing elements – LX110T,
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Twelfth-generation WILDSTAR 5 for PCI Express uses Xilinx
Virtex-5 FPGAs for state-of-the-art performance. It accepts
one or two I/O mezzanine cards, including Single 1.5 GHz
8-bit ADC, Quad 250 MHz 12-bit ADC, Single 2.5 GHz 8-bit
ADC, Quad 130 MHz 16-bit ADC, Dual 2.3/1.5 GSps 12-bit
DAC, Quad 600 MSps 16-bit DAC, Universal 3 Gbit SeriaI I/O
(RocketIO, 10 Gb Ethernet, InfiniBand), and Tri XFP (10G
Fibre Channel, 10 Gb Ethernet, OC-192). Our boards work
on a number of operating systems, including Windows,
Linux, Solaris, IRIX, ALTIX, and VxWorks. We support our
board products with a standardized set of drivers, APIs,
and VHDL simulation models.
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Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc. is a world leader in highperformance COTS FPGA-based processing for radar, sonar,
SIGINT, ELINT, Digital Signal Processing, FFTs, communications, software radio, encryption, image processing, prototyping, text processing, and other processing-intensive
applications.
LX220T, LX330T, or FXT
›› Up to 7 GB DDR2 DRAM in 12 memory banks per WILDSTAR 5 for
PCI Express board or up to 2 GB DDR2 DRAM in two memory banks
and up to 40 MB DDRII, QDRII SRAM, or up to 1.4 GB RLDRAM
›› Programmable Flash for each FPGA to store FPGA image
›› 8x PCI Express bus. High-speed DMA multichannel PCI controller
›› Supports PCI Express Standard External Power Connector
›› Available in commercial or industrial temperature ranges
›› Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast, easy application
development
›› VHDL model, including source code for hardware interfaces and
ChipScope access
›› We offer training and exceptional special application development
support, as well as more conventional support
›› Includes one-year hardware warranty, software updates, and
customer support
›› Proactive thermal management system – board-level current
measurement and FPGA temperature monitor, accessible through
Host API
›› Save time and effort. Reduce risk with COTS boards and software
›› Achieve world-class performance; WILD solutions outperform the
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Develop your application very quickly with our CoreFire™
FPGA Application Builder, which transforms the FPGA
development process, making it possible for theoreticians
to easily build and test their algorithms on the real hardware that will be used in the field. CoreFire, based on data
flow, automatically generates distributed control fabric
between cores.
Our extensive IP and board support libraries contain more
than 1,000 cores, including floating point and the world’s
fastest FFT. CoreFire uses a graphical user interface for design
entry, supports hardware-in-the-loop debugging, and provides proven, reusable, high-performance IP modules.
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WILDSTAR 5 for PCI Express, with its associated I/O cards,
provides extremely high overall throughput and processing performance. The combination of our COTS hardware and CoreFire allows our customers to make massive
improvements in processing speed, while achieving significant savings in size, weight, power, person-hours, dollars,
and calendar time to deployment.
Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products
and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the
customer’s applications succeed.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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3909 Fourier Drive, Suite B • Fort Wayne, IN 46818
800-590-6067
www.jacyl.com
Mission Workstation
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›› All CPU, video, and I/O connectors are located on the front of the
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The Mission Workstation has been specially designed to
be a ruggedized multi-computer system with unique features such as custom air filters located on all air cooling
inlets, specially designed internal dual ball bearing fan
cooling system for each individual computer, steel reinforced internal structure, anodized aluminum enclosure,
removable ruggedized hard-drive caddies, full access to all
CPU, video, and I/O ports from the front of the unit, and
reinforced internal cable routing.
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The Mission Workstation is a multi-computer ruggedized
workstation for applications that demand the best. The
Mission Workstation features 4 completely independent
computer systems housed in a single 19" 6U rack mount
enclosure. The Mission Workstation can be ordered with
a standard set of options for each computer, or each individual computer within the Mission Workstation can be
custom configured from our factory for CPU processing
capability, video processing capability, I/O capabilities, and/
or OS configurations to meet your system requirements.
The Mission Workstation can also be factory configured as
a single cluster computer, harnessing the full potential of
up to 16, 3 GHz Intel processors and 32 GB of DDR2 RAM.
This parallel processing capability is available to meet the
most demanding applications.
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›› All air cooling intakes incorporate a ruggedized air/EMI filter system
›› Every system is production tested to a fully powered 3G NAVMAT
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The Mission Workstation is designed to be utilized in the
most demanding applications. Every production Mission
Workstation is tested to a 3G NAVMAT vibration profile
with the unit fully powered and subjected to full temperature range Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) with the
unit fully powered. Other production testing is performed
on each Mission Workstation such as 100% loaded CPU
duration testing, 100% video processor duration test, performance verification testing, and burn-in testing all to
ensure that the Mission Workstation is the most ruggedized and reliable multi-computer workstation available.
Jacyl Technology is the OEM of the Mission Workstation
and provides an off-the-shelf or custom configuration of
the Mission Workstation to meet the requirements of your
system design.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
vibration test and Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) test
›› Can be factory configured to be powered from a DC or AC input
source
›› All hard drives are removable and are enclosed within ruggedized
caddies
›› Each Mission Workstation is functionally tested from -10 °C to
+60 °C
›› Each computer can be independently configured with a Core 2 Duo
or Core 2 Quad Intel Processor and processor clock speeds up to
3 GHz
›› Each individual computer has 2 PCI, 1 PCI x6 or 2 PCI x8, 2 Gb
Ethernet, 4 SATA, up to 2 ESATA, up to 12 USB 2.0 ports and up to
32 GB RAM
›› Each of the 4 individual computers supports 32- or 64-bit operating
system configurations
›› Can be factory configured as 4 individual computer systems or
1 cluster/parallel computer
›› When factory configured as a cluster computer, the processing
power would include 16, 3 GHz processors, 32 GB RAM, and 5.7 TB
HDD space
›› Each individual computer supports SATA II 300 (dependent upon
CPU selection) and RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 controller implementations
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7313 S.W. Tech Center Drive • Tigard, OR 97223
503-684-8005
www.SENSORAY.com/2426
Model 2426 | Modular Industrial I/O via Ethernet
Model 2426 is a versatile and compact multifunction I/O
board that concurrently serves up to four Ethernet clients.
FEATURES
›› Concurrently serves up to four Ethernet clients
›› Eight optically isolated digital inputs
›› 16 digital outputs
›› Six 12-bit analog inputs
›› 12-bit analog output
›› RS-422/485 serial port
›› High-speed 32-bit encoder interface that accepts both quadrature
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outputs, six 12-bit analog inputs, one 12-bit analog output,
an RS-422/485 serial port and a high-speed 32-bit encoder
interface that accepts both quadrature and single-phase
clocks. All I/O is accessible via Telnet and HTTP. It is powered from a single 24VDC supply.
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American Portwell Technology, Inc.
www.portwell.com
PEB-2738
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510-403-3399
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For more information, contact: [email protected]
Portwell’s PEB-2738 utilizes the Intel ECX form factor and
supports the latest options of the Intel Atom processor
Z5xx series and the Intel System Controller Hub US15W,
including industrial temperature range and larger footprint version with 1.0 mm ball pitch. The power-optimized
micro-architecture of the new Intel Atom platform benefits a range of low power, wide temperature, and fanless devices in applications such as in-vehicle infotainment,
medical, military, and industrial automation and control.
The PEB-2738 is specifically designed to operate at a very
low power consumption of less than 10 Watts at full loading. It supports dual independent display by LVDS and
SDVO daughtercard (DVI/VGA/LVDS, project-based).
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FEATURES
›› Intel Atom processor Z5xx series and the Intel System Controller
Hub US15W, featuring industrial temperature range and larger
footprint version with 1.0 mm ball pitch
›› One 200-pin SODIMM supports DDR2 SDRAM up to 2GB
›› One Type II CompactFlash and one IDE connector
›› Dual independent display: SDVO and 24-bit LVDS; multi-stream
audio and CH5.1 supported
›› Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and USB-Disk Module (UDM) could
be added onboard
›› Expansion: PCIe x1 golden finger and I/O connector with SDVO/USB/
PCIe x1 signal
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3909 Fourier Drive, Suite B • Fort Wayne, IN 46818
800-590-6067
www.jacyl.com
XG-5000K
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›› 5 million gate Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA on a PC/104-Plus platform
›› Onboard 256 MB of Micron SRAM and 32 MB of Intel flash
›› Four 66-pin VHDC connector banks providing a total of 264 user-
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The XG-5000K has the advanced feature of allowing the
user to remotely reconfigure the entire board through
the onboard JTAG connector, the PC/104 connector, the
PC/104-Plus connector, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet interface,
or any external interface connected to the XG-5000K,
which has been developed with Xilinx’s advanced design
revisioning technology. This allows the XG-5000K to retain
onboard as many as 16 partial or up to 4 complete design
revisions for the 5 million gate Spartan-3 FPGA. Any one of
these design revisions can be remotely programmed into
the 5 million gate Spartan-3 FPGA, or the XG-5000K can be
programmed to reconfigure itself based upon external or
internal events.
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The XG-5000K, the 5 million gate PC/104-Plus FPGA board
Centered around a 5 million gate Spartan-3 FPGA, the
XG-5000K is the ultimate PC/104-Plus FPGA board that is
ready to meet the most demanding of system designs. The
board features a 5 million gate Spartan-3 FPGA, 256 MB
of onboard Micron SRAM, 32 MB of onboard Intel flash,
264 user-programmable I/O, Type 1 CompactFlash connector, a secondary 500K gate Spartan-3 FPGA, 10/100BASE-T
Ethernet interface, two RS-232 interfaces, PC/104 connector, PC/104-Plus connector, 0-25 MHz programmable DDS
master clock source, 8 MB of secondary DataFlash, and a
25 MHz initial master clock.
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The XG-5000K also incorporates a secondary 500K gate
Spartan-3 FPGA. This second FPGA is initially configured to
control remote reprogramming and control of the design
revisioning features of the XG-5000K. But the secondary
Spartan-3 FPGA can be reconfigured by the user to meet
the requirements of a particular system design.
The XG-5000K can be powered from the PC/104 bus or can
be powered from a single 5 VDC external source allowing the board to be utilized as a stacked module in PC/104
applications or as a stand-alone product design platform.
This allows the board to be ideal in embedded PC/104
applications or to be utilized in development platforms,
design prototypes, or production products.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
programmable I/O
›› CompactFlash Type 1 connector
›› A secondary 400K gate Spartan-3 FPGA for remote reconfiguration
and design revisioning of the XG-5000K or custom user configuration
›› 10/100BASE-T Ethernet interface and two RS-232 interfaces
›› Can be used in a PC/104 stack or as a stand-alone product design
platform
›› 0-25 MHz user-programmable DDS FPGA master clock source, along
with a fixed 25 MHz FPGA master clock source
›› Incorporates Xilinx’s design revisioning technology and can retain
onboard as many as 16 partial or up to 4 complete design BIT files
›› Can be reconfigured through the configuration PROMs, JTAG,
10/100BASE-T Ethernet, PC/104, PC/104-Plus connectors, or the
user I/O
›› Available in industrial temperature range
›› Can be powered from the PC/104 connector or an external 5 VDC
source
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715 Stadium Drive • Arlington, TX 76011
817-274-7553
www.winsystems.com
EPX-855-G Fanless 1GHz SBC
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›› Intel® 1GHz CPU (fanless); higher-performance 1.8GHz Pentium® M
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The EPX-855-G includes support for both wired and wireless Ethernet (with remote boot capability), simultaneous
support of both SVGA and LVDS flat panel video, four
USB 2.0 ports, four serial COM ports, AC’97 audio, PS/2
keyboard, LPT, and 24 lines of digital I/O. It supports up
to 1GB of industry-standard PC2700 SDRAM, up to 8GB
of CompactFlash, plus support for hard and floppy disk
drives. PC/104 and PC/104-Plus expansion is supported for
additional special I/O requirements.
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The EPX-855-G-1G-0 is a highly integrated, low-cost Single
Board Computer designed for rugged, performance-driven
applications. It operates over a temperature range of -40°C
to +70°C without a fan and is designed for applications
including industrial automation, security, medical/diagnostic equipment, MIL/COTS, test and measurement, and
transportation. WinSystems uses chipsets from Intel’s long
life embedded road map to ensure longevity of the core
technology.
version is available
›› Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 technology supports CRT and LVDS flat
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It also supports advanced features such as custom splash
screen, APM 1.2 and ACPI 1.0b power management modes,
PXE boot, and multi-language support. The BIOS supports
legacy operation of a USB keyboard and mouse, as well as
booting from a USB floppy disk, USB keys, and other USBconnected mass storage devices.
The board supports Windows® XP embedded, Linux, and
other x86-compatible RTOSs. The EPX-855-G requires only
+5V and typically draws 2.1A with 1GB of DDR SDRAM
installed. A 1.8GHz Pentium® M version is available. These
features are also available in our EBC-855 EBX-compliant
board.
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panels simultaneously
›› Custom splash screen on startup
›› Two Intel Ethernet controllers: one Gigabit and one 10/100 Mbps
›› 802.11a/b/g wireless supported
›› Four serial COM ports, four USB 2.0 ports, and 24 bi-directional TTL
digital I/O lines
›› Bi-directional LPT port, AT keyboard, and FDC controller
›› PC/104 and PC/104-Plus expansion
›› 4.5" x 6.5" (115mm x 165mm) EPIC-compliant SBC
›› Also available in 5.75" x 8.0" EBX-compliant SBC
›› Long-term product availability
›› Quick Start Kits for software development
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715 Stadium Drive • Arlington, TX 76011
817-274-7553
www.winsystems.com
PCM-MIO Multifunction A/D
The PCM-MIO is a versatile, PC/104-based analog input,
analog output, and digital I/O board designed to meet
customer demands for high-accuracy and high-channel
count analog and digital I/O. The board is based on Linear
Technologies’ precision converters and voltage references,
which require no external calibration.
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›› Analog and digital I/O on a PC/104 module
›› 16-bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) converter
›› Conversion speed: 100K samples per second
›› Two quad 12-bit Digital-to-Analog (D/A) converters
›› Each individual channel is independently software programmable
›› Low-noise onboard DC/DC converter
›› No adjustment potentiometers or calibration needed
›› 48 bi-directional TTL-compatible digital I/O lines with 24 capable of
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There are eight 12-bit Digital-to-Analog (D/A) converters
with individual software programmable voltage ranges
of ±5V, ±10V, 0-5V, and 0-10V. The output channels can
be updated and cleared individually or simultaneously.
They also work with industry-standard signal conditioning
modules.
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The board will support up to 16 single-ended input channels, 8 differential input channels, or various combinations
of both. The software programmable input ranges are
±5V, ±10V, 0-5V, and 0-10V. The input channels are voltage
protected to ±25V and can work directly with industrystandard signal conditioning modules.
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A total of 48 onboard bi-directional TTL-compatible digital
I/O lines can be software configured as Input, Output, or
Output with Readback. Twenty-four can generate interrupts if the board senses a change of state. Each output can
sink 12mA and will interface directly with opto-isolated
modules.
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The PCM-MIO operates over the industrial temperature
range of -40°C to +85°C. Free software drivers are available for C, Windows®, and Linux.
event sense interrupt generation
›› Free software drivers in C, Windows®, and Linux
›› +5V-only operation
›› -40°C to +85°C temperature operation
›› Special OEM configurations available for 16-bit D/A and other
analog and digital I/O combinations
WinSystems can depopulate this board to meet special
OEM applications. For example, all the A/D channels or
perhaps all the D/A channels could be removed. Please
contact an applications engineer with your requirements.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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715 Stadium Drive • Arlington, TX 76011
817-274-7553
www.winsystems.com
PPM-LX800 Extended Temperature PC/104-Plus SBC
The PPM-LX800-G is a highly integrated, PC/104-Plus Single
Board Computer (SBC) designed for space-limited and lowpower applications. It is a full-featured SBC that utilizes an
AMD LX800 x86-compatible CPU.
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›› AMD LX800 CPU; x86-compatible
›› Small size: 90mm x 96mm
›› Video with CRT resolutions to 1920 x 1440 and panel resolutions to
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There are 16 bits of TTL-compatible digital I/O with each
line individually programmable for Input, Output, or Output with Readback operation. The major feature of the
onboard digital I/O controller is its ability to monitor the
16 lines for either rising or falling digital edge transitions,
latch them, and then interrupt the host processor notifying it that a change-of-input status has occurred.
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Onboard I/O functions include analog CRT and digital flat
panel video controller, Intel 82551ER 10/100 Ethernet, two
USB 2.0 ports with overcurrent protection on each channel, and four COM channels. The PPM-LX800-G provides
standard PC controllers for IDE hard disks, CompactFlash
device, PS/2 mouse and keyboard controller, AC’97 audio,
LPT, and PC/104-Plus expansion connectors all on a single
90mm x 96mm module.
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assures a wide range of tools to aid in your application
program development and checkout. It supports both
Windows® XPe and Linux operating systems and other
RTOSs. WinSystems provides free technical phone support
to assist customers with system integration of our SBCs
and I/O modules.
1600 x 1200
›› Custom splash screen on startup
›› 10/100 Mbps Ethernet controller
›› Two USB 2.0 ports with overcurrent protection
›› Four COM channels with FIFO
›› 16 digital I/O lines with event sense supported
›› AC’97 audio, LPT, mouse, and keyboard controllers
›› -40°C to +85°C operating temperature
›› Long-term PC/104-Plus product availability
The SBC’s low power dissipation permits fanless operation over a temperature range from -40°C to +85°C. The
PPM-LX800-G is well suited for rugged applications requiring excellent processor performance in an embedded PC
design.
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Tri-M Engineering
100-1407 Kebet Way • Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6L3 Canada
604-945-9565
www.tri-m.com
VSX104+
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›› 2MB onboard SPI flash
›› PC/104-Plus compliant
›› Fanless operation
›› 2.5W power consumption
›› Type 1 CompactFlash™ and microSD sockets
›› Extended temperature operation
›› RoHS compliant
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Emerson Network Power
›› 300MHz Vortex86SX SoC
›› 128MB soldered DDR2 RAM
›› Integrated dual 10/100 LAN, 4x RS-232, 2x USB 2.0, 1x LPT, keyboard,
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dual 10/100 LAN. Its 300MHz DM&P Vortex86SX Systemon-Chip (SoC) is a fully static 32-bit x86 processor designed
to work with embedded operating systems including
Windows® CE, Linux, DOS, and most popular 32-bit RTOSs.
Standard features of the VSX104+ include soldered 128MB
DDR2 RAM, four COM ports, two USB 2.0, and two 10/100
LAN ports. An 8-bit GPIO port and redundancy port are
also standard features. In addition to 2MB onboard SPI
flash, the VSX104+ includes a Type I CompactFlash™ and
microSD socket. System expansion is supported by the
PC/104-Plus interface. The VSX104+ has an operating temperature of -40ºC to +85ºC. Single +5VDC power is supplied through the PC/104 bus or 2-position screw terminal,
and total power consumption is a mere 2.5W.
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800-759-1107 or 602-438-5720
EmersonNetworkPower.com/EmbeddedComputing
MATXM-C2-410-B MicroATX Industrial Motherboard
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The MATXM-C2-410-B MicroATX industrial motherboard
from Emerson Network Power is designed to ease deployment in a range of retail applications such as Point-Of-Sale
(POS) terminals, interactive product displays and customer
kiosks. It has a unique midplane that creates a level of
modularity sufficient to allow cost-effective replacement
during deployment. By routing all power and LCD display
cabling through the midplane, the likelihood of cabling
errors during maintenance is reduced.
Designed to support a wide range of POS peripherals,
MATXM-C2-410-B has both 12 and 24 V PoweredUSB connections. These are suitable for powering devices like bar
code scanners and POS printers without the expense of
additional power supplies. This motherboard supports
dual independent displays and has VGA/LVDS and HDMI
interfaces for connection to the widest possible range of
displays.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
FEATURES
›› 478-pin micro-FCPGA socket (socket P) for Intel® Core™2 Duo
processor T9400 or Intel® Celeron® processor 575
›› Unique midplane allowing easy, cost-effective maintenance
›› PoweredUSB ports for connection to POS peripherals
›› 512MB to 8GB DDR3
›› LVDS or VGA primary display, HDMI secondary display
›› Innovative power management features help to reduce energy
consumption
›› Energy saving features help to minimize noise during operation
›› Utilizes Intel® vPro™ technology to remotely power on/off system,
helping reduce carbon emissions
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Annapolis Micro Systems
190 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite 130 • Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-2514
www.annapmicro.com
SFPDP UNI6 I/O
Annapolis Micro Systems Inc.’s FPGA-based WILDSTAR family provides 24 SFPDP channels per VME slot.
The Annapolis SFPDP cards (UNI3 or UNI6) come with an
easy-to-use Serial FPDP interface supporting up to 12 lanes
of 2.5 Gb full duplex data. Three frame types are supported:
Normal Data Fiber Frame, Sync Without Data Fiber Frame,
and Sync with Data Fiber Frame in Point-to-Point Mode.
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›› Three individually configurable 4X connectors – four lanes per
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Up to two serial I/O cards and two LVDS I/O cards can reside
on each WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 VME/VXS main board,
with half that number for the PCI-X or PCIe. The SFPDP card
(UNI6) supports RocketIO protocol at up to 75 Gb full duplex
per I/O card, three ports of 10G full duplex InfiniBand per
I/O card, or 10G full duplex Ethernet per I/O card.
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The card has three individually configurable, industrystandard 4X connectors, providing four lanes per connector,
with dedicated signal conditioners to ensure clean communication. It supports up to 7.5 GB full duplex per I/O card and
a wide variety of readily available copper and fiber cables.
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No other FPGA board vendor can match the volume of
data we can send straight into the heart of the processing elements and then straight back out again. An FPGAbased high-performance processing engine thrives on data
streaming in and out at high rates of speed. The FPGAs
should be part of a balanced and unified system architecture, providing maximum performance, with memory, processing power, and I/O speeds designed and integrated for
performance, scalability, and growth.
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Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc.’s WILDSTAR 4 (Xilinx Virtex-4
based) and WILDSTAR 5 (Xilinx Virtex-5 based) families of
FPGA-based processing boards also support an extensive set
of extremely high-quality A/D and D/A boards.
›› Up to 25 Gb full duplex RocketIO per connector
›› Up to 10 Gb full duplex InfiniBand per connector
›› Up to 10 Gb full duplex Ethernet per connector
›› Optional onboard oscillators for other line rates like Fibre Channel
›› I/O card plugs onto WILDSTAR 4 or 5 VME/VXS/IBM Blade Chassis/
PCI-X/PCI Express main board
›› JTAG, ChipScope, and Serial Port access
›› Proactive thermal management system. Available in both
commercial and industrial temperature grades
›› Includes one-year hardware warranty, software updates, and
customer support
›› We offer training and exceptional special application development
support, as well as more conventional customer support
›› Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast, easy application
development
›› VHDL model, including source code for hardware interfaces
Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc. is a world leader in highperformance COTS FPGA-based processing for radar, sonar,
SIGINT, ELINT, Digital Signal Processing, FFTs, communications, software radio, encryption, image processing, prototyping, text processing, and other processing-intensive
applications.
Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products
and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the
customer’s applications succeed.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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Annapolis Micro Systems
190 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite 130 • Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-2514
www.annapmicro.com
Tri XFP I/O Card
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The Annapolis Tri XFP I/O Card, which works with the
WILDSTAR 4/5 Family Architecture, has three 10 Gb
individually configured XFP connectors, each with its
own XAUI to XFI converter. Industry-standard pluggable fiber optic transceivers can be purchased from
Annapolis or from other vendors. The Tri XFP provides
up to 30 Gb full duplex I/O directly between the outside world and the RocketIO pins on the Xilinx Virtex-II
Pro or Virtex-4 I/O FPGA on the WILDSTAR 4 main board.
No other vendor provides that volume of data straight
into the heart of the processing elements and then back
out again.
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Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc. is a world leader in highperformance COTS FPGA-based processing for radar, sonar,
SIGINT, ELINT, Digital Signal Processing, FFTs, communications, software radio, encryption, image processing, prototyping, text processing, and other processing-intensive
applications.
›› Up to 10 Gb Fibre Channel
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WILDSTAR 5 VXS or PCI-X/PCI Express board, with up to 30
million user reprogrammable gates.
›› Three 10 Gb XFP connectors
›› Accepts industry-standard pluggable transceivers
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The Tri XFP card will support 10 Gb Ethernet, 10 Gb
Fibre Channel, and OC-192. Although the protocols
will be provided as black box solutions with few modifications by users allowed, more adventurous users
who choose to develop their own communications
protocols from the basics already have access to all
the board resources through VHDL source for the interfaces to SRAM, signal conditioners, LAD bus, I/O bus,
and PPC Flash. CoreFire™ users will have the usual
CoreFire Board Support Package.
›› Available in both commercial and industrial temperature grades
›› Includes one-year hardware warranty, software updates, and
customer support
›› One or two I/O cards fit on a single WILDSTAR 4/5 processing board
›› New I/O form factor for improved thermal performance
›› First of many WILDSTAR 4/5 Family I/O cards, including superior
performance A/D, D/A, and additional high-speed
communication cards
›› Save time and effort. Reduce risk with COTS boards and software
›› Achieve world-class performance; WILD solutions outperform
the competition
The Tri XFP is the first of many I/O cards Annapolis will
be releasing for its new WILDSTAR 4/5 Architecture Family,
which uses Xilinx Virtex-4 and Virtex-5 FPGAs for processing elements. WILDSTAR 4 is the tenth generation of Xilinx
FPGA processing-based COTS boards from Annapolis.
Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products
and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the
customer’s applications succeed. We offer training and
exceptional special application development support, as
well as more conventional customer support.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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HMS Industrial Networks
900 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 2W • Chicago, IL 60607
312-829-0601
www.anybus.com
Anybus CompactCom
FEATURES
›› Anybus CompactCom starter kit including driver source code is
available
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›› Support all networks with a single design effort
›› No licenses, royalties, or stacks to purchase
›› All modules are conformance tested and certified by the respective
›› Local support from HMS global organization
›› Low risk investment in proven technology
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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The Anybus CompactCom family of interchangeable
communication modules uses a common host interface regardless of which network is required. The
CompactCom functions as a network coprocessor and is
based on HMS’ powerful NP30 microcontroller. The compact housing is robust and specially designed for industrial requirements. CompactCom can be implemented
in a wide range of products, such as HMIs, drives, robot
controllers, weigh scales, instrumentation, and more. The
CompactCom supports DeviceNet, PROFIBUS, CC-Link,
CANopen, Modbus, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus TCP,
EtherCAT, and additionally supports physical layer interfaces RS-232/422/485, USB, and Bluetooth. You could realize savings of up to 70% in your development costs and
drastically reduce time-to-market.
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Triton Series Solid State Drives featuring Fast and Secure Erase
Secure your data with Trident’s Triton Series of Solid State
Drives featuring Fast and Secure Erase. Trident’s Triton
Series drives are purpose built for high-end industrial and
rugged military applications. Our Triton Series drives incorporate proven non-volatile industrial grade SLC NAND
Flash in a completely solid state design with no moving
parts. Triton SSDs are offered in an industry-standard
2.5-inch form factor and are available with either an IDE/
PATA or SATA interface. This makes them ideal as a direct
drop-in replacement for conventional rotating hard disks
that are prone to short production life and often fail in
mobile computing and industrial environments where
temperature fluctuations, shock, vibration, dust, moisture,
and/or magnetic fields are present. For embedded computing, Trident offers its BGADrive, which is a small form
factor SSD on a BGA module that can be mounted directly
on a PCB. When it absolutely has to work, choose Trident
for all your storage needs.
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Wired networking
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FEATURES
›› Ruggedized Solid State Drive for military and high-end industrial
applications
›› Industrial grade SLC NAND Flash with operating temperature range
from -40°C to +85°C
›› Available with Fast and Secure Erase functionality for complete
media declassification
›› Tested to MIL-STD-810F: Shock 1,500G; Vibration 16.3G RMS
›› Precision machined aluminum alloy case that is anodized inside and
out for improved corrosion resistance and durability
›› Available with custom features and in custom form factors
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Annapolis Micro Systems
190 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite 130 • Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-2514
www.annapmicro.com
2.0 GSps 10-bit A/D
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›› One e2v AT84AS004 (2.0 GHz, 10-bit) A/D
›› Four SMA front panel connectors: one 50 ohm analog input, one
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the full data stream. Up to two A/D and up to two serial
I/O cards can reside on each WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5
VME/VXS or IBM Blade main board or up to one A/D and
up to one serial I/O card on each PCI-X or PCI Express main
board.
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The Annapolis Single Channel 2.0 GSps A/D I/O Card
provides one 2.0 GHz A/D input with a resolution of
10 bits. The board has one e2v AT84AS004 that is fed by an
onboard analog input circuit, which converts the singleended 50 ohm SMA input into differential signals for the
ADC. There is a universal single-ended 50 ohm SMA clock
input and a high-precision trigger input allowing multiple
A/D I/O cards to be synchronized together. Synchronization of A/D I/O cards can be facilitated by the Annapolis 4
or 8 Channel Clock Distribution Boards.
single-ended 50 ohm clock input, or differential 1.65 V LVPECL clock
input
›› One high-precision trigger input with Fs precision. High-precision
trigger input – 1.65 V LVPECL, 2.5 V LVPECL, 3.3 V LVPECL
›› Analog input bandwidth is 100 KHz-3.0 GHz
›› I/O card plugs onto WILDSTAR 4 or 5 VME/VXS/PCI-X/PCI Express/
IBM Blade main boards
›› JTAG, ChipScope, and Serial Port access
›› Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast, easy application
development
›› VHDL model, including source code for board-level interfaces
›› Proactive thermal management system
›› Includes one-year hardware warranty, software updates, and
customer support
›› We offer training and exceptional special application development
support, as well as more conventional customer support
›› Designed and manufactured in the USA
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support our board products with a standardized set of
drivers, APIs, and VHDL simulation models. VHDL source
is provided for the interfaces to A/Ds, D/As, DRAM/SRAM,
LAD bus, I/O bus, and PPC Flash. CoreFire™ users will have
the usual CoreFire Board Support Package.
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The combination of our COTS hardware and our CoreFire
FPGA Application Development tool allows our customers to make massive improvements in processing speed,
while achieving significant savings in size, weight, power,
person-hours, dollars, and calendar time to deployment.
Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc. is a world leader in highperformance COTS FPGA-based processing for radar, sonar,
SIGINT, ELINT, Digital Signal Processing, FFTs, communications, software radio, encryption, image processing, prototyping, text processing, and other processing-intensive
applications.
Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products
and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the
customer’s applications succeed.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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190 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite 130 • Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-2514
www.annapmicro.com
Dual 4.0 GSps DAC
The Annapolis Micro Systems Dual Channel 4.0 GSps D/A
I/O Card provides one or two 12-bit digital output streams
at up to 4.0 GSps. The board has one or two Max 19693 for
4.0 GSps, Max 19692 for 2.3 GSps, or Max 5859 for 1.5 GSps.
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processing main boards, this mezzanine board supplies
user-configurable real-time A to D conversion and digital
output. Up to two A/D or D/A and up to two serial I/O
cards can reside on each WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5
VME/VXS or IBM Blade main board, or up to one A/D
or D/A and up to one serial I/O card on each PCI-X or
PCI Express main board.
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The Dual Channel DAC board has five SMA front connectors: two single-ended DAC outputs, a high-precision
trigger input with Fs precision, and a universal single- or
double-ended 50 ohm clock input. It has excellent gain
flatness in the first 3 Nyquist Zones, ultra-low skew and
jitter saw based clock distributions, and main board PCLK
sourcing capability.
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support our board products with a standardized set of
drivers, APIs, and VHDL simulation models. VHDL source
is provided for the interfaces to A/Ds, D/As, DRAM/SRAM,
LAD bus, I/O bus, and PPC Flash. CoreFire™ users will have
the usual CoreFire Board Support Package.
The combination of our COTS hardware and our CoreFire
FPGA Application Development tool allows our customers to make massive improvements in processing speed,
while achieving significant savings in size, weight, power,
person-hours, dollars, and calendar time to deployment.
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one high-precision trigger input with Fs precision
›› One universal single- or double-ended 50 ohm clock input
›› High-precision trigger input manufacturing options – 1.65 V LVPECL,
2.5 V LVPECL, 3.3 V LVPECL
›› I/O card plugs onto WILDSTAR 4 or 5 VME/VXS/PCI-X/PCI Express/
IBM Blade main boards
›› JTAG, ChipScope, and Serial Port access
›› Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast, easy application
development
›› VHDL model, including source code for board-level interfaces
›› Proactive thermal management system
›› Industrial temperature range
›› Includes one-year hardware warranty, software updates,
and customer support
Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc. is a world leader in highperformance COTS FPGA-based processing for radar, sonar,
SIGINT, ELINT, Digital Signal Processing, FFTs, communications, software radio, encryption, image processing, prototyping, text processing, and other processing-intensive
applications.
›› Designed and manufactured in the USA
Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products
and for our unparalleled dedication to ensuring that the
customer’s applications succeed. We offer training and
exceptional special application development support, as
well as more conventional customer support.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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Annapolis Micro Systems
190 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite 130 • Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-2514
www.annapmicro.com
WS4 Quad 250/400/500 MSps A/D
The Annapolis Quad Channel 250/400/500 MSps A/D I/O
Card provides four A/D inputs with converter speeds of up
to 250, 400, or 500 MHz and resolutions of 13, 14, or 12
bits, respectively. The board has four A/D converters from
TI (ADS5444, ADS5474, or ADS5463) fed by onboard analog input circuits that convert the single-ended, 50 ohm
SMA input into differential signals for the ADC.
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›› Four TI A/D converters of one of the speed and bit size types:
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In concert with the WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 FPGA processing main boards, this mezzanine board supplies userconfigurable real-time continuous sustained processing of
the full data stream. Up to two A/D I/O cards can reside on
each WILDSTAR 4 or WILDSTAR 5 VME/VXS or IBM Blade
main board or reside on one A/D I/O card on each PCI-X or
PCI Express main board.
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There is an onboard ultra-low jitter and skew clock distribution circuit to allow all four channels on a single A/D I/O
board to be synchronized together. There is also an external clock input and a trigger input allowing multiple A/D
I/O cards to be synchronized together. Synchronization of
A/D I/O cards can be facilitated by the Annapolis 4 or 8
Channel Clock Distribution Boards.
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ADS5444 250 MSps 13 bits, ADS5474 400 MSps 14 bits, ADS5463,
500 MSps 12 bits
›› Analog input bandwidths of up to: 500 MHz for the 250 MSps A/D
board, 1,400 MHz for the 400 MSps A/D board, 2,000 MHz for the
500 MSps A/D
›› Six SMA front panel connectors: four 50 ohm analog inputs, one
single-ended 50 ohm clock input, one trigger input
›› Onboard ultra-low jitter and skew clock distribution circuit to allow
synchronization of all four channels on a single I/O card
›› I/O card plugs onto WILDSTAR 4 or 5 VME/VXS/PCI-X/PCI Express/
IBM Blade main boards
›› JTAG, ChipScope, and Serial Port access
›› Proactive thermal management system. Available in both
commercial and industrial temperature ranges
›› Full CoreFire Board Support Package for fast, easy application
development and technology refresh
›› VHDL model, including source code for hardware interfaces
›› Includes one-year hardware warranty, software updates, and
customer support. Reduce risk with COTS boards and software
›› We offer training and exceptional special application development
support, as well as more conventional customer support
›› Annapolis is famous for the high quality of our products and for our
unparalleled dedication to ensuring that customer’s applications
succeed
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Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc. is a world leader in highperformance COTS FPGA-based processing for radar, sonar,
SIGINT, ELINT, Digital Signal Processing, FFTs, communications, software radio, encryption, image processing, prototyping, text processing, and other processing intensive
applications.
Our boards run on many different operating systems. We
support our board products with a standardized set of
drivers, APIs, and VHDL simulation models. VHDL source
is provided for the interfaces to A/Ds, D/As, DRAM/SRAM,
LAD bus, I/O bus, and PPC Flash. CoreFire™ users will have
the usual CoreFire Board Support Package.
The combination of our COTS hardware and our CoreFire
FPGA Application Development tool allows our customers to make massive improvements in processing speed,
while achieving significant savings in size, weight, power,
person-hours, dollars, and calendar time to deployment.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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Editor’s Choice Products
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Editor’s Choice
Make sense out of taps
Grab frames with fewer wires
We’ve been covering MEMS accelerometers for quite a while, and we’ve
been looking for companies to do something interesting by embedding processing directly on the sensor module. Kionix has introduced the KXTF9 with
an integrated feature called
Directional Tap/Double-Tap
detection.
The Camera Link specification was recently enhanced to incorporate Power
over Camera Link (PoCL), which as the name implies allows power to be
delivered to a camera over the Camera Link cable without the need for a
separate power connector. A Safe Power mode determines if a camera is
PoCL compatible and only delivers power if it is.
The ADLINK Technology PCIe-CPL64 frame grabber supports PoCL with two
channels providing data transfers up to 4.0 Gbps and pixel clock rates up to
85 MHz. It also supports 64-bit operating systems for large address space
vision applications.
Algorithms on the sensor
create up to 12 tap-enabled
commands for OEMspecified functions. The
sensor detects quick, light
taps or double taps on any
of the six faces (±X, Y, and Z)
of an object and computes
the event and direction. This
information can be used to
create unique user interfaces in devices.
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www.adlinktech.com
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www.kionix.com
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See data outside
Get data outside
Once data and images are acquired, showing them is important, and that
display might be located in a harsh environment. Stealth Computer’s new
TT-840 comes to work with an IP68 rating (immersion proof) and an 8.4"
sunlight-readable LCD.
The NI 9921 is a low-cost enclosure allowing the antenna and I/O through,
while the NI 9922 (pictured) adds an Ethernet port and a 4-pin trigger connector for more control, with all ports protected from both dust particles and
splashing water from all directions.
The display is 1,000 nits bright with a contrast ratio of 600:1. It also has IR
touch-screen technology, which works in wet, vibration-prone environments.
The unit is powered with 12 to 36 VDC and has power, video, and USB connections via rugged circular connectors.
National Instruments
www.ni.com
RSC# 41797
Stealth Computer
www.stealth.com
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National Instruments recently announced additions to its line of Wi-Fi data
acquisition modules. In thinking through the solution for customers, the company introduced new IP54-rated enclosures for those modules, enabling any
of the Wi-Fi DAQ devices to be installed in harsh environments.
Editor’s Choice Products are drawn from OSM’s product database and press releases. Vendors may add their new products and submit press releases at submit.opensystemsmedia.com. OSM reserves the right to publish
products based on editors’ discretion alone, and does not guarantee publication of any product entries. 
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